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Klopp had garnered widespread praise for his achievements in Germany but was seemingly unimpressed by United's approach.READ MORE: Red Bull break silence on Jurgen Klopp quit claims after Man Utd job offer leakedREAD MORE: Jurgen Klopp left the door open to sensational Liverpool return amid Red Bull quit rumoursIn a 2017 biography, Klopp: Bring the Noise, Raphael Honigstein wrote: "Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward had flown out to see Klopp in Germany. David Moyes's short tenure at Old Trafford was coming to an end, and Klopp was United's favourite to replace him, to bring back a sense of adventure to the Red Devils' game."Woodward told Klopp that the Theatre of Dreams was 'like an adult version of Disneyland', a mythical place where, as the nickname suggested, the entertainment was world class and dreams came true."Klopp wasn't entirely convinced by that sales pitch - he found it a bit 'unsexy', he told a friend - but he didn't dismiss the proposition out of hand either."Contract reactionWhile at Liverpool, Klopp looked bewildered when presented with a United contract at the beginning of a press conference.
At that time, I would've been interested - I was young, I had a sensational team at Dortmund. They probably thought, 'What is he doing there?'"."Later on, I heard my players - James Milner and Adam Lallana - had flown to Real Madrid when we [Dortmund] had a semifinal there in the Champions League, just to watch us play.
Klopp attributed his decision to step away from coaching to a lack of energy but made it clear he had no plans to join any of the club's Premier League rivals."If you ask me, 'Will you ever work as a manager again?' I would say now no. But I don't know obviously how that will feel because I never had the situation," Klopp said.
